diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index ed676e3..13c09b2 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ int WINAPI _tWinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
       { stop,     OnStop },
       { needok,   OnNeedOk },
       { needstr,  OnNeedStr },
+      { echo,     OnEcho },
       { 0,        NULL }
   };
   InitManagement(handler);
diff --git a/manage.c b/manage.c
index 583e747..2891c78 100644
--- a/manage.c
+++ b/manage.c
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ OnManagement(SOCKET sk, LPARAM lParam)
                     if (rtmsg_handler[needstr])
                         rtmsg_handler[needstr](c, pos + 9);
                 }
+                else if (strncmp(pos, "ECHO:", 5) == 0)
+                {
+                    if (rtmsg_handler[echo])
+                        rtmsg_handler[echo](c, pos + 5);
+                }
             }
             else if (c->manage.cmd_queue)
             {
diff --git a/openvpn.c b/openvpn.c
index 1ae7325..0f29ef5 100644
--- a/openvpn.c
+++ b/openvpn.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ OnReady(connection_t *c, UNUSED char *msg)
 {
     ManagementCommand(c, "state on", NULL, regular);
     ManagementCommand(c, "log all on", OnLogLine, combined);
+    ManagementCommand(c, "echo all on", OnEcho, combined);
 }
 
 
@@ -693,6 +694,38 @@ out:
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handle >ECHO: request from OpenVPN management interface
+ * Expect msg = timestamp,message
+ */
+void
+OnEcho(connection_t *c, char *msg)
+{
+    WCHAR errmsg[256];
+
+    PrintDebug(L"OnEcho with msg = %S", msg);
+    if (!(msg = strchr(msg, ',')))
+    {
+        PrintDebug(L"OnEcho: msg format not recognized");
+        return;
+    }
+    msg++;
+
+    if (strcmp(msg, "forget-passwords") == 0)
+    {
+        DeleteSavedPasswords(c->config_name);
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(msg, "save-passwords") == 0)
+    {
+        c->flags |= (FLAG_SAVE_KEY_PASS | FLAG_SAVE_AUTH_PASS);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        _sntprintf_0(errmsg, L"WARNING: Unknown ECHO directive '%S' ignored.", msg);
+        WriteStatusLog(c, L"GUI> ", errmsg, false);
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * Handle >PASSWORD: request from OpenVPN management interface
  */
diff --git a/openvpn.h b/openvpn.h
index 9551010..2bfa1d2 100644
--- a/openvpn.h
+++ b/openvpn.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void OnPassword(connection_t *, char *);
 void OnStop(connection_t *, char *);
 void OnNeedOk(connection_t *, char *);
 void OnNeedStr(connection_t *, char *);
+void OnEcho(connection_t *, char *);
 
 void ResetSavePasswords(connection_t *);